A popular Chinese blogger – believed by some to be working for Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping – returned to his Sina Weibo microblog on Tuesday to condemn North Korea’s latest nuclear test. He made the post a day after hinting that he may no longer write any more blogs.

New legislation governing the internet, which officials claim is aimed at combating online vigilantes and privacy breaches, is proving controversial on the mainland because it will require bloggers and bulletin board users to register using their real names.

In public, Chen Peng blends in as an everyday white-collar worker in Beijing. But in the online jungle that is the Chinese microblogging community, this 25-year-old from the northern province of Shanxi has made a name for himself as a "micro-novelist" - China's equivalent of "Twitter novelists".

I love blogging. Whenever I feel upset or anxious, I write blogs to express my feelings. Once I felt extremely unhappy after arguing with my family, so I blogged about my thoughts. My friends read my updates and posted a lot of comments of support and comfort. Blogs are a great platform for us to share our views and emotions.

The mainland's internet police have struck again, closing down or suspending several popular microblogs in the past week as they step up a crackdown on online discussion of politically sensitive issues.

Internet success stories are a dime a dozen. For every Mark Zuckerberg, there's a Rebecca Black. But what's rare in the fashion world, is an internet sensation-turned-model whose success isn't based on looks, but on personality.

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